JAMB Pegs UTME Cut-Off Mark At 180

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday pegged the 2012 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination National Cut-off Mark at 180.

It equally pegged the National Cut-off Mark for admissions into polytechnics, colleges of education and other diploma-awarding institutions at 160.

This decision marks the official commencement of the 2012 admission into universities and other tertiary institutions across Nigeria.

The decision to set the cut-off points was taken after the 2012 combined Policy Committee meeting on admissions to Degree-awarding institutions, National Diploma, Nigeria Certificate in Education and National Innovation Diploma-awarding institutions in Abuja.

Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, who chaired the meeting, appealed to the various institutions to adhere strictly to admission guidelines.

Rufai said the guidelines stipulated a 70:30 ratio in favour of Technology/Non-Technology for National Diploma programmes while universities and colleges of education are to maintain a 60:40 Science/Arts ratio.

The minister added that the insitution must each observe “the admission criteria based on merit, catchment area and educationally less-developed states in accordance with the Federal Government’s guidelines.”

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